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19 July 2019

Practical examples

I will... the impact of pupil voice

Topsy Page

19 July 2019

Practical examples

Examples of what staff decided to do differently, after reading pupil voice about talk in their classrooms.

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15 July 2019

Resources

Question Quadrant

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15 July 2019

Resources

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More free P4C resources

2 Feb 2024

Learning to ask philosophical questions

2 Feb 2024

How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical

2 Feb 2024

8 Dec 2023

Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

8 Dec 2023

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

8 Dec 2023

16 Dec 2022

HomeTalk – Gifts

16 Dec 2022

Seasonal resources from Dialogue Works’ HomeTalk series

16 Dec 2022

Dialogue Works HomeTalk (Gifts) - cover.png

10 Dec 2021

Let's talk about… gifts

10 Dec 2021

Thinking questions for children about gifts, in the latest HomeTalk

10 Dec 2021

13 Aug 2021

Thinking Space resources

13 Aug 2021

Downloadable Philosophy for Children resources

13 Aug 2021

30 Jul 2021

Philosopher's Backpack

30 Jul 2021

A P4C website which includes the fabulous Philosopher’s Backpack

30 Jul 2021

Concept Sort – Topsy Page – thumbnail.png

2 Jul 2021

Concept Sort – which are the big ideas?

2 Jul 2021

Learning to spot concepts in a stimulus

2 Jul 2021

5 Feb 2021

HomeTalk – free weekly resource for families and teachers

5 Feb 2021

A high-quality, easy-to-access resource that gets children talking

5 Feb 2021

8 Jan 2021

Uplifting concepts

8 Jan 2021

A list of positive ideas including compassion, hope, and celebration - for use in P4C or circle time

8 Jan 2021

4 Sept 2020

Virtual Circle

4 Sept 2020

A structure to allow all students to participate, even if sitting in a real circle isn’t an option right now.

4 Sept 2020

24 Oct 2019

4Cs blank grid

24 Oct 2019

17 Sept 2019

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

17 Sept 2019

15 Jul 2019

Question Quadrant

15 Jul 2019

26 Jun 2019

Useful question stems for P4C

26 Jun 2019

11 Mar 2019

Diamond Nine ranking

11 Mar 2019

5 Feb 2019

Concept activity - Emotion

5 Feb 2019

30 Oct 2018

Concept card grid

30 Oct 2018

10 Sept 2018

Concept activity – Compassion

10 Sept 2018

30 Aug 2018

P4C stems for facilitators

30 Aug 2018

Topsy Page

12 July 2019

Practical examples

Children want to change partners!

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12 July 2019

Practical examples

More pupil voice about the idea of changing talk partners more often.

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5 July 2019

Tips and techniques

What if the child doesn't answer?

Topsy Page

5 July 2019

Tips and techniques

When using random selection in whole class learning, if a child doesn’t respond, there are several options.

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26 June 2019

Resources

Useful question stems for P4C

Topsy Page

26 June 2019

Resources

More free P4C resources

2 Feb 2024

Learning to ask philosophical questions

2 Feb 2024

How to start a question, and think about whether or not it’s philosophical

2 Feb 2024

8 Dec 2023

Christmas wonderings from Wonder Ponder

8 Dec 2023

A free, downloadable, shareable booklet

8 Dec 2023

16 Dec 2022

HomeTalk – Gifts

16 Dec 2022

Seasonal resources from Dialogue Works’ HomeTalk series

16 Dec 2022

10 Dec 2021

Let's talk about… gifts

10 Dec 2021

Thinking questions for children about gifts, in the latest HomeTalk

10 Dec 2021

13 Aug 2021

Thinking Space resources

13 Aug 2021

Downloadable Philosophy for Children resources

13 Aug 2021

30 Jul 2021

Philosopher's Backpack

30 Jul 2021

A P4C website which includes the fabulous Philosopher’s Backpack

30 Jul 2021

2 Jul 2021

Concept Sort – which are the big ideas?

2 Jul 2021

Learning to spot concepts in a stimulus

2 Jul 2021

5 Feb 2021

HomeTalk – free weekly resource for families and teachers

5 Feb 2021

A high-quality, easy-to-access resource that gets children talking

5 Feb 2021

8 Jan 2021

Uplifting concepts

8 Jan 2021

A list of positive ideas including compassion, hope, and celebration - for use in P4C or circle time

8 Jan 2021

4 Sept 2020

Virtual Circle

4 Sept 2020

A structure to allow all students to participate, even if sitting in a real circle isn’t an option right now.

4 Sept 2020

24 Oct 2019

4Cs blank grid

24 Oct 2019

17 Sept 2019

P4C Ten Steps planning grid

17 Sept 2019

15 Jul 2019

Question Quadrant

15 Jul 2019

26 Jun 2019

Useful question stems for P4C

26 Jun 2019

11 Mar 2019

Diamond Nine ranking

11 Mar 2019

5 Feb 2019

Concept activity - Emotion

5 Feb 2019

30 Oct 2018

Concept card grid

30 Oct 2018

10 Sept 2018

Concept activity – Compassion

10 Sept 2018

30 Aug 2018

P4C stems for facilitators

30 Aug 2018

Topsy Page

20 June 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Use RAG cups to transform teaching and learning

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20 June 2019

Tips and techniques, Practical examples

Children continually reflecting on their learning and selecting the right level of challenge.

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12 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Talk prompts which enable children to express they're stuck

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12 June 2019

Tips and techniques

I’ve noticed it’s useful to provide Pupil Talk Prompts that enable them to ask for thinking time or help.

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5 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Tips for using lolly sticks

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5 June 2019

Tips and techniques

Lolly sticks are a really simple way to randomly select children, but like anything they need to be used properly.

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1 June 2019

Research

Dialogue…

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1 April 2019

Resources

From the brilliant Talk Science Inquiry Project https://inquiryproject.terc.edu/index.html

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25 March 2019

Practical examples

Ofsted comments about P4C

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25 March 2019

Practical examples

In a recent SAPERE P4C update it was great to hear that P4C is being recognised by Ofsted as helping pupils with life readiness and wellbeing.

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11 March 2019

Resources

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5 February 2019

Resources

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31 January 2019

Tips and techniques

P4C games

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31 January 2019

Tips and techniques

Two fun warm-up games that you can use in your P4C practice.